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In ancient Greek mythology and religion, Leto (/ ˈ l iː t oʊ /; Ancient Greek: Λητώ, romanized: Lētṓ pronounced [lɛːtɔ̌ː]) is a goddess and the mother of Apollo and Artemis. [1] She is the daughter of the Titans Coeus and Phoebe, and the sister of Asteria.
15 lip 2020 · Carneus – Leto and Apollo raised the son of Europa and Zeus, according to the poetess Praxilla. Prometheus – According to a Roman epic, Leto and her daughter pled the Titan’s case and finally convinced Zeus to allow Heracles to free him.
Leto, in classical mythology, a Titan, the daughter of Coeus and Phoebe, and mother of the god Apollo and the goddess Artemis. The chief places of her legend were Delos and Delphi. Leto, pregnant by Zeus, sought a place of refuge to be delivered.
7 gru 2022 · Leto was a maternal figure, known chiefly as the mother of Apollo and Artemis. The poet Hesiod described her as “always mild, kind to men and to the deathless gods, mild from the beginning, gentlest in all Olympus.”
15 lis 2019 · Leto is the daughter of the Titans Coeus (Intelligence) and Phoebe (Moon). She is the mother, with Zeus, of the twin deities Apollo and Artemis. The king of the Olympian gods had changed himself and Leto into quails before they coupled.
In Greek mythology Leto was one of the female Titans, a bride of Zeus, and the mother of the twin gods Apollo and Artemis. She was the goddess of motherhood and, with her children, a protectress of the young.
Leto is the mother of Greek god Apollo and goddess Artemis, the twin deities who would become two of the Twelve Olympians. After giving birth, Leto fled to Lycia and turned Lycian peasants into frogs.
